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SurvivalRing Y2k Media Help
SurvivalRing -- Media Folks Want Your Help with Y2k
By Richard A. Fleetwood - May 2001
Y2k Media Help Project - Helping others prepare
for Y2k and more...
(SURVIVALRING 02/01-)
I have kept this page online for any folks who wish to, in the future, maintain some kind of availability for either Media support, or for media who wish to find folks for future preparedness and/or survival issues. I know of no one else in the online world who has attempted this and actually made a difference, such as I think I have. Therefore, it will be maintained for any and all future needs.
(SURVIVALRING -05/99-) -- I have been receiving MANY
requests from people all over the world the past few weeks, including media
representatives in both PRINT and TELEVISION production areas. TIME
magazine came out with their BIG Y2k issue, and interviewed a couple of folks
I had directed toward them. CNET News, a part of the CNET computer
television network produced a special Y2k show, and this show was broadcast
January 23, 24 and several times in February on the SciFi network (look for
the CNET listings in your tv guide on for repeats).
This particular page is to provide a resource for
the MEDIA to request info and /or individuals who are interested in being
interviewed and helping to let the "world at large" know what they can do
to prepare for possible problems that arise from Y2k and related difficulties.
I had been sending out emails to all my contacts with EACH request
for help by the media, and that does take a bit of time on BOTH ends (my
preparing and sending emails to over 1400 contacts, and each of you reading
and/or responding to me or the media). I have decided to go this route,
to allow MORE than just those I know or have emails for, AND to leave the
info where the WORLD can find it and reply directly if they can help.
This action also does something else. It BUILDS
COMMUNITY. It allows people who have a real desire to help others
DO THAT in a very big way. Offering your help by being
interviewed by an entity of the media means you reach THOUSANDS times more
then you could do in person. It multiplies your effort, it saves everyone
time (which we DO NOT have enough of these days), and it offers a message
of HOPE to those who at times may not have any.
READ the contact info below. IF you are in
the area that the media representative requests, either geographically or
topicly, then REPLY to them with your info so they can contact
you.
I will post the info AS I RECEIVE it from the requesting
media representative, dated via my email, with the contact info as given
to me. DO NOT ABUSE the contact info. You will open yourself
up to many problems if you do. SIMPLY HELP IF YOU CAN the person or
representative asking for help.
Your assistance and suggestions in helping spread
the IDEA of PREPAREDNESS to the mass market will be viewed many different
ways. I view the chance to tell people to USE COMMON SENSE AND
THINK AHEAD as a wonderful opportunity. Yes, some may think you wierd
or extreme or just "out there". It happens, in this life
and others.
BUT if what YOU do makes the difference
of LIFE, instead of DEATH or INJURY to even one person, or staves off pain or misery to many
more, then you have had no higher calling. Make this moment in all our lives
count. BE THE ONE WHO HELPS.
Thank you, from me, the media, and those whom you
will never know. It is and will always be appreciated.
Remember, those who prepare and don't need, are
infinitely better then those who needed to but didn't prepare, but COULD
have. The one will help the other, but only to the point of the other learning
to take care of themselves.
"Trust thyself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place
that devine providence has found for you; the society of your contemporaries,
the connection of events." R.W. Emerson
BBC Radio 5, the British network news and current affairs public service
station plans to make a series of documentaries on Y2K and survival in the
United States in early September.
We're interested in contacting people willing to discuss the preparations
they have made with a view to featuring them in the series.
To feature, you should be prepared to show our reporter around your home
and discuss what you have done in readiness for Y2K, what tests you have
made to check whether your provisions will work etc. The visit is likely
to take place during the first two weeks in September.
We're particularly interested in meeting people who believe they have spotted
a hitherto unforseen difficulty and those who have worked out home-made or
unique solutions.
If you are interested in working with us on the programmes, please contact
me, Karl Waldron, at lakota@clara.net giving a telephone number, your timezone
and your city and state location.
A quick description of what you have done and why you think listeners would
find your story particularly appealing or helpful, would also be useful.
Subj: From Times journalist
Date: 6/21/99 4:10:46 PM Central Daylight Time
From: MoPrest@aol.com
To: rafleet@gmail.com
Richard
My name is Morag Preston. I am a journalist with the technology
section of The London Times. I know you recently spoke with Damian
Whitworth from the paper for another article on Y2K. For this piece,
I am interested in speaking to people who have relocated, or moved to
a safe hideaway. Is that what you have done? I am very keen to talk to
you or anyone who has relocated, by the middle of this week. My
e-mail address is moprest@aol.com.
Many thanks. Morag Preston
Subj: y2k media help
Date: 6/15/99 10:36:52 AM Central Daylight Time
From: bmoran@postherald.com (Brian
Moran)
To: rafleet@gmail.com
I am a reporter with with the Birmingham Post-Herald looking for
people
preparing for y2k as a community. I would like to talk to an Alabama
group
that is pulling together to address issues like water, power and food
shortages that may result from y2k.
I know of one church in Shelby County, Concord Baptist, that is doing
something like this. Are they the only ones? Are there other churches
or
non-religious groups?
I am working on a series of stories to run the first week of July.
I will
respect requests for confidentiality such as location. I would prefer
to do
interviews in person or over the phone.
Please call me at 205-325-3190 or 1-800-283-4015. I am working on
a tight
deadline, so the sooner the better.
Thanks,
Brian Moran
Birmingham Post-Herald
bmoran@postherald.com
My name is Crystal Miyake and I am an Associate Producer working for Oregon
Public Broadcasting. We are producing a one hour documentary about
the Y2K Bug. I am looking for any American Survivalist Communities
that have been preparing very hard for the worst case scenario,
specifically rural communities. We are willing to travel anywhere
in the United States and would definitely be discreet about
identifying their location or names, if required. We are on a very, tight
deadline and would appreciate any leads as soon as possible.
Subj: Japanese Newspaper seeks New York area Y2K survivalists
Date: 6/7/99 1:26:55 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Tochuny@aol.com
To: Rafleet
Hello:
I am a researcher with the Tokyo Shimbun and Chunichi Shimbun, two major
Japanese daily newspapers. I am hoping to locate individuals or families
who are interested in sharing their views and strategies of Y2K
preparation, for a print story, during the week of the 14th of June.
Ideally this would include discussion of stockpiling, the building of
shelters, or similar activities. The opportunity to photograph these
individuals or the shelter site would be ideal, but we will be flexible on
this aspect and respect concerns for anonymity. Thank you very much for
your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Dara C. Goldberg
Researcher
New York Bureau
Tokyo Shimbun and Chunichi Shimbun
tel. (212) 969-1870
FAX (212) 969-1843
e-mail: Tochuny@aol.com
(March thru May requests deleted from this list for faster loading)
Time Magazine, Life Magazine, The Vindicator Newspaper (Ohio),
ABC news(Houston), FOXnews (FOXFiles), The London Times
(Britain), Newsweek Magazine, NBC News (Huntsville, Alabama),
The Buffalo News (New York), The Chicago Daily Herald, Oregon
Public Broadcasting, The Birmingham Post Herald, One french magazine, Canal
+(a major french tv channel), FOCUS magazine(the German equivalent
of Time) , Tokyo Shimbun and Chunichi Shimbun (two major Japanese
daily newspapers), Montreal Gazette (a 150,000 circulation daily newspaper
in Quebec,Canada),one Austrian magazine, several small newspapers, and
cable shows, and more to come....
THE NEWEST MEDIA CONTACTS WILL APPEAR ON THE
TOP!!
TO ALL MEDIA
REPRESENTATIVES:
I need the FOLLOWING info from you to get
the help you need:
Let me know some details such as:
*entity you represent (name and type of media you are doing this report
for)
*exactly what kind of people you are looking for (preparing now, already
prepared, not worried, scared to death, etc.)
*on or off screen interviews
*must they be in your local area, and if not, how far away can
they be
*deadlines, if any
*will you honor confidential info if requested by the interviewee (no addresses
or vague locations, for their safety and well_being)
*are you doing one report or a series
*anything else you would need besides talking heads (list of useful supplies
& tools, preparing for ANY event, etc)
This page and the information contained within is provided ONLY
as a service to both media representatives AND individuals searching for
information , or willing to provide information on an AS IS, USE AT YOUR
OWN RISK basis. No warranty or guarantee is implied or promised as to
the info presented in online, print, or electronic media presentations.
You are solely responsible for how you use, react, or reproduce this info.
I, Richard Fleetwood, will NOT be responsible for YOUR actions, reactions
, misuse or abuse of any info provided here.
Beware that SOME people on EITHER side of this project MAY misuse or
misrepresent themselves...use YOUR brain and intuition, and even gut feelings,
BEFORE sharing private or confidential information with people you are unfamiliar
with, NO MATTER what their address or affiliation is.
In other words,
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, and ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
YOUR ACTIONS YOURSELF.
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